John Singer Sargent
Dwarf with a Mastiff, Copy after Velazquez
Dated: 1879

The copy of Velázquez work hung in Sargent's Paris studio at Boulevard Berthier always looking down on him as if to repeat his teacher's reminder that it was Velázquez that a student must study

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Sargent's Boulevard Berthier

Diego Velázquez

(1599-1660) Spanish court painter

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Court Dwarf Don Antonio el Inglés 

1640-45 

Oil on canvas,

142 x 107 cm 

Museo del Prado, Madrid

Notes: 

Special thanks to Malcolm Armstrong, of New York City, a friend of the JSS Gallery, for sending me the link to this image.

Sourse: Natasha Wallace Contributor: igrkio